3 Point Restriction

[huntnphool]

I'm curious to see how many of you hunters that ate tag soup would have harvested a buck this past season if there was no 3 point restriction?

[ICEMAN]

Yes....

[bobcat]

But what about the guys who did fill their tags? Instead of taking a mature buck they may have taken the first spike they had a chance at. Leaving more mature bucks to breed the does. There are more young bucks in the population and therefore they are more expendable than the older bucks.

[firecrotch]

it depends on the area... if i was on our property next to the snake river there would be a larger percentage of tag soup with all the monster 2 points out there...

[huntnphool]

But what about the guys who did fill their tags? Instead of taking a mature buck they may have taken the first spike they had a chance at. Leaving more mature bucks to breed the does. There are more young bucks in the population and therefore they are more expendable than the older bucks.

Thats for another poll, purhaps you would like to post one of your own? I am interested to see out of the members on this site how many would have harvested a deer without the restriction.

[Chris_D.]

yupp me and robodad coulda got a spike and a 2pt!!!  but we didnt eat tag soup tho well robodad did but i got mine

[Houndhunter]

wouldnt have shot them but ya i could've

[bobcat]

But what about the guys who did fill their tags? Instead of taking a mature buck they may have taken the first spike they had a chance at. Leaving more mature bucks to breed the does. There are more young bucks in the population and therefore they are more expendable than the older bucks.

Thats for another poll, purhaps you would like to post one of your own?

No I wouldn't. A poll on here won't prove anything. I'll just keep on believing what the wildlife biologists have to say on this subject.

[mossback91]

heck ya on this one particular 2 point that is around the 23-24 inch wide range with real good mass!! would not have killed the small spikes and two points I saw though.....

[mossback91]

Id also liek to add that I wouldnt have eaten tag soup if I could of shot straight

[270Shooter]

I didn't have a chance. But I only got 2 days of mule deer hunting in this year! . But during elk season I saw a 2 small 2 points and a BIG 3.

[SpokaneSlayer]

I could have shot a nice forky if there wasn't a 3 point min.  I glassed that buck hard making sure there wasn't another point I wasn't seeing.  And before I possibly get flogged, this would have been my first deer.  I'm not picky until I get one on the ground.

[Intruder]

Yup....

[alanger]

saw quite a few nice 2 points this year. big wide ones.

[gasman]

I filled my tag with a nice 3 point on opening day but my son and wife ate tag soup this year. The wife missed a 3 point on the move shortly after i got mine. It went over the hill and another hunter shot it.

We seen 3 spikes and 4-2 points in our 5 days of mule deer hunting this year.

My daughter came home with her Doe.